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Article #2659Re: A bug in ARP 1.3?
From: William F. Hammond
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 02:12
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 02:12
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In article <1989Dec10.195003.10146@NCoast.ORG>, bill@NCoast.ORG (Bill Hogsett) writes: > > I just deleted a directory and file named a using the arp > 1.3 delete command. The only way to do it is to use the full path > as the argument to delete rather than just "delete a". If I just did > "delete a" the program responded "Nothing to delete". > *** "A=ASK" is a keyword for interactive-query deleting. Thus, the command delete a * will query you about deletion of every file in the current directory. If you simply want to delete a file in the current directory named "a", then enclose the filename in quotes: delete "a" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William F. Hammond Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics 518-442-4625 SUNYA, Albany, NY 12222 wfh58@leah.albany.edu wfh58@albnyvms.bitnet -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!leah!wfh58 From: wfh58@leah.Albany.Edu (William F. Hammond) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: A bug in ARP 1.3? Summary: "a" is an abbreviation for "ASK" Message-ID: <2269@leah.Albany.Edu> Date: 11 Dec 89 02:12:04 GMT References: <14752@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <1989Dec10.195003.10146@NCoast.ORG> Distribution: na Organization: Dept of Math & Stat, SUNYA, Albany, NY Lines: 24